Coin-freed delivery apparatus.



H. M. SNOW.

com FREE!) DELIVERY APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.25'19l5.

Patented Nov, 27, 191?.

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COIN FREED DELIVERY APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.25.19I5.

Patented Nov. 27, 1917.

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HENRY MARTIN SNOW, OF LONDON, ENGLAND.

COIN-FREE]? DELIVERY APPARATUS.

Application filed August 25, 1915.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that HENRY MARTIN SNow, a subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at London, England, has invented certain new and useful Improvements in or Relating to Coin-F reed Delivery Apparatus, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to improvements in coin-freed delivery apparatus and has for its object to provide a compact machine sim :ple in construction and reliable in operation and having its parts so arranged and protected as to prevent tampering.

Apparatus according to this invention is particularly suitable for securing to seats in places of amusement, on vehicles or in other places where space is limited, although it may be used in other positions, for the automatic sale of such goods as chocolate, cigarettes or other goods in small quantity.

Apparatus according to the present invention comprises in combination a casing for containing the goods one side of which is provided with two stationary plates having delivery openings in alinement, a sliding 'plate disposed between said stationary plates and having a delivery opening the whole of which is normally disposed out of alinement with the delivery openings in said stationary plates, means for locking said sliding plate in its normal position, and, upon the passage of a coin'through the machine, for moving said sliding plate into a position wherein its delivery opening is in alinement, with the delivery slots in the stationary plates, and means for moving an article through said delivery opening.

This construction is illustrated, way of example, in the accompanying drawings in which Figure 1 is a view in side elevation with the side plates removed.

Fig. 2 is a plan.

Fig. 3- is a view in side elevation showing the coin passages.

Fig. his a view in cross section on line of Fig. 1.

Fig. 5 is an end View.

An outer casing a is provided consisting of a cover a hinged at the bottom to aback portion a and fastened thereto by a suitable look a at the top. VVithin-the casing a and secured to-the back portion are guides forming a receptacle for the goodso Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 2?, 1191?.

Serial No. 47,381.

which are placed in the upper half of the machine on top of each other. The lowermost article rests upon a shelf (Z extending across the apparatus. Immediately above this shelf an opening Z2 is formed in one of the side guides Z2 through which the goods 0 are passed in the operation of the machine. A suitable discharge aperture a is formed at one side of the cover a in line with the opening 6 in the side guide. Between the side guide Z) and cover a and slidably mounted on the former is a vertical shutter 0 also provided with an opening 0 corresponding to the openings 6 a in the side guide and cover. This shutter c is normally lowered and locked in a position by a part 9 hereinafter described to out Oh. i

oted to the back portion a and has its free end engaging with the vertical shutter e. A pin on this lever engages with an incline or cam f pivoted or otherwise fixed on the transverse slide f so that when the said slide is withdrawn, the lever g is lifted to raise the vertical shutter e and bring its opening 6 into line with the openings Z2 a in the side guide and cover. A, slot 11, is provided in the top of the cover a for the insertion of a coin. Immediately below this slot a pathway 7L for the coin (see Fig. 3) is provided by two spaced plates j in hinged to the bottom of the side guides b 7). A spring a fixed to the cover a is arranged to bear upon the outer hinged plate j when the cover a is closed to hold the two plates j 70 together and up against the side guides b b. On the inner plate j guides j for the coin are provided which direct it sidewise into the passage 7L and down into the bot tom of the apparatus. In the path 72, of the coin is a projection Z carried by a spring pressed or weighted lever Z which is of this slot 7 and the upper edge of the slot is stepped so as to provide an enlargement at the end ofthe slot remote from the projecting operatingpart of the slide. lVith this arrangement when the coin in falling raises the pawl Z the latter, by contacting with the narrow part of the slot f in the slide prevents the coin passing by the projection in its path but as the pawl is freed from the rack f the transverse slide 7 may be drawn out. After the vertical shutter 6 has been raised by the outward movement of the slide f as above described, the pawl Z is raised by the weight of the coin into the enlarged portion oi the slot and this movement allows the coin to pass the projection Z in its path and fall into the bottom of the machine. vertically projecting part adapted to engage a loose slide or pusher on working in guides on the horizontal shelf (Z. The pusher on has an upstanding projection m which engages behind the lowermost article 0 in the machine and on movement of the transverse slide f after the vertical shutter 6 has been raised, the pusher m moves forward to eject the article 0. In order that the pusher m shall not move the article 0 until the vertical shutter c is raised, the vertical projecting part 7' on the transverse slide 7 works in a slot in the pusher 'm and thus provides a lost motion between these two parts. In order to prevent the pawl Z dropping back into engagement with the rack f and thus preventing the withdrawal of the transverse slide 7' after the coin has been allowed to fall by theremoval of the projection Z in its path, an upwardly projecting tongue Z is provided on the weighted lever Z which carries the pawl Z and this tongue is held depressed by the under surface of the pusher m passing over it as the pusher is drawn to eject an article. For this purpose the pusher m may be provided with a depending projection m l/Vhen the transverse slide 7 has been pulled to its farthest extent, the article 0 projects from the machine a sufiicient distance to enable it to be grasped by the purchaser and withdrawn from the machine. The shutter 6 then falls and the slide f is retracted by means of a spring a. The pivoted incline or cam f on the transverse slide 7 is so shaped that the vertical shutter may fall without interfering with the backward movement of the slide, and in operation the pin g on the lever 9 drops over the end of the cam surface. f which is raised by the pin 9 during the inward movement of the slide and falls again when the slide has been drawn into its fullest extent by the spring a.

The part of the coin guide immediately below the slot h in the cover a into which the coin is inserted is in the form of a pivoted switch 0 the outer end of which is nor- 'inally raised and rests upon a catch 29 pivoted at p to one edge of the inner hinged plate j above referred to. When this switch 0 is released and falls into a vertical posi- The transverse slide 7 has a tion, a coin inserted in the slot b will not pass into the bottom of the machine but will drop down past the switch 0 and be directed by a suitable guide 9 to a second slot g in the side of the" cover. The switch 0 is released from its catch 10 by means of a weight 7' which is'placed on the top of the articles 0 in the machine. This weight 1' is provided with a wedge shaped projection r into the path of which an arm p on the pivoted catch p projects, sothat after all the goods 0 have been deliveredfrom the machine the weight r in falling will release the catch 9 and allow the switch 0 to' fall to direct any coin afterward placed in the machine to the slot g in the side of the cover a? from which it may be extracted.

The operation of the machine is asfollows V Y The articles 0 havin been placed in the guides in the upper half of the machine with the weight 1" on top and the switch 0 raised and secured by its'catch p the hinged plates j and 7c and cover a are closed andthe latter locked. Acoin inserted in the slot h at the top of the cover a will now beguided down between the two hinged plates 9' is until it reaches the projection Z on the weighted lever Z which it moves a distance sufiicient to release the pawl Z from the rack f The transverse slide f is'now pulled which first causes the vertical shutter" e to be raised until its opening 6 is in line with the openings 72 a in the side guide and cover. The pusher m-is now operated by the slide f to push the lowermost article 0 through the discharge openings whereby it can be removed from the machine. During this latter movement the pusher comes into contact with the tongue Z on the weighted lever Z and prevents the pawl Z dropping back into engagement with the rack f which would otherwise happenfwhen the coin is allowed to fall by the further 'movement of the pawl carrying lever l. When the article 0 is extracted the shutter 6 falls and the slide is drawn'back 'by its spring. The operation is repeated until the supply is exhausted when the weight 1' will actuate the catch to release the switch, and coins thereafter inserted will be returned as above described.

I claim- 1. In a coin freed delivery apparatus, in 'comb1nat1on, a casin for containing the goods one side of whic is provided with'two stationary plates having delivery openings in alinement, a sliding plate disposed. be-

tween said stationary plates and having a delivery openingthe whole of which is nor mally disposed out of alinement with the delivery openlngs in said stationary plates,

means comprising a pivoted lever engaging said sliding plate for locking said sliding plate inits normal position, and, upon the passage of a coin through the machine, for moving said sliding plate into a position wherein its delivery opening is in alinement with the delivery slots in the stationary plates, and means for moving an article through said delivery opening.

2. In a coin freed delivery apparatus, in combination, a casing for containing the goods one side of which is provided with two stationary plates having delivery openings in alinement, a sliding plate disposed between said stationary plates and having a delivery opening the whole of which is normally disposed out of alinement with the delivery openings in said stationary plates, a withdrawable slide, a ratchet on said slide, a pivoted member carrying a pawl which normally engages said ratchet, said pivoted member being adapted to be moved by a coin so as to release said pawl, a pusher associated with said slide, a projecting tongue upon said pivoted member adapted to be engaged by said pusher so as to hold the pawl out of engagement with the ratchet for the necessary period as set forth.

3. In a coin freed delivery apparatus, in combination, a casing for containing the goods one side of which is provided with two stationary plates having delivery open ings in alinement, a sliding plate disposed between said stationary plates and having a delivery opening the whole of which is normally disposed out of alinement with the delivery openings in said stationary plates,

' a device allowing the return of inserted coins when the machine is empty of articles, comprising a pivoted deflector, a catch for retaining said deflector in its normal position and a weight placed upon the top of the articles adapted to release said catch and thus allow said deflector to fall by its own weight into its alternative position.

4:- In a coin freed delivery apparatus, in combination, a casing for containing the goods one side of which is provided with two stationary plates having delivery openings in alinement, a sliding plate disposed between said stationary plates and having a delivery opening the whole of which is normally disposed out of alinement with the delivery openings in said stationary plates, at withdrawable slide, a ratchet on said slide, a pivoted member carrying a pawl which normally engages said ratchet, said pivoted member being adapted to be moved by a coin so as to release said pawl, a pusher associated with said slide, a projecting tongue upon said pivoted member adapted to be engaged by said pusher so as to hold the pawl out of engagement with the ratchet for the necessary period as set forth, a device allowing the return of inserted coins when the machine is empty of articles, comprising a pivoted deflector, a catch for retaining said deflector in its normal position and a weight placed upon the top or the articles adapted to release said catch and thus allow said deflector to fall by its own weight into its alternative position.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

HENRY MARTIN SNOW.

WVitnesses:

F. A. S. GWATKIN, FREDK. J. NAYLoR.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, JD. 6. 

